We’re Going to Homeschool! Now What?
Homeschooling Methods at a Glance Are you just beginning your homeschooling journey, or are you a seasoned veteran who wants to reevaluate your approach to teaching? Confused by all of the curriculum...
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Making Time for the Important “Mrs. Guest, ma’am, would you be willing to lead our next Bible study for young mothers?” These words nearly stuck in my throat as I approached the sweet lady sitting...
View ArticleEmbracing the “Could Nevers”
When God Saw My Bucket List Like most people, I have a bucket list—at least one I keep in the back of my mind, if not in my purse. Sleep in a cabin in the Canadian Rockies. Travel to Italy with my...
View ArticleWhy Public Speaking Proficiency is for Everyone!
Over the years, I have had the privilege of teaching basic public speaking skills to homeschool students. I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to their thoughts and stories while watching them become...
View ArticleThe Treasure of Spiritual Mothers
One year at our annual encouragement day for homeschooling moms, my friend, Sue, told a very personal story from her early days teaching her three children. While her two daughters were model students,...
View ArticleTo Everything There is a Season
The excitement of beginning a new school year is long past, the joy and bustle of the holidays are over, and another semester of school has started. If the snowstorms that have already blanketed the...
View ArticleKeep Video Games in Their Place
Grandma once told me that during her lifetime she had seen the Wright Brothers fly the first airplane and had watched the first men walk on the moon! As amazing as that is, the modern scientific...
View ArticleWorldview Through Relationships
Meet the Purifoys Combining his love of teaching, curriculum development, and filmmaking, Thomas Purifoy of Compass Cinema and Compass Classroom has found a unique niche within the professional world...
View ArticleA Pro-Life History Lesson
Women Deserve Better Than Abortion A few years ago, I attended a retreat for homeschooling moms where an amazing woman shared the story of welcoming two young high school dropouts into her inner city...
View ArticleMissionaries in the Guest Room
Children & Missionaries My earliest memories of missionaries come along with those of white-gloved church ladies, potluck-casserole suppers, and a noisy slide projector streaming foreign wonders on...
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